Patent · US Expired

Hinged-lid cigarette pack

US5845770A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
3References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 1997
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D85/10564
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a pack (10) for smoking articles, which pack (10) has an outer carton (15) having generally rectangular front, back, side, top and bottom panels and an inner frame (12). The outer carton (15) has an upper portion (16) and a lower portion (17) which are hingedly connected together about a hinge line which extends across the rear panel of the outer carton substantially parallel to the top and bottom edges of the rear panel. The lower edge (20) of the front panel area of the upper portion (16) has at least a portion which is not parallel to said hinge line.

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